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twenty-one new taxes. twenty-one new taxes that will amount to $675 billion. this is getting expensive. among the most controversial, 2.6% tax. another $43,000. house republicans voted last summer to repeal this that they had installed it in the senate. senator orrin hatch renew the effort today. he introduced a bipartisan amendment with nine democratic cosponsors to roll back that medical device attacks. so what about presidentspromised to cut health care insurance premiums? $2500 per family. one study commission that obamacare will increase the cost of a family plan by $7200. do any of you remember the original statement by the president and his team? this is a plus. but it would cut it by $2500. in government terms, it is a $10,000 swing. so how do the officials feel about those rising premiums? well, here you are. >> why have the rates risen, and will be they rise further? >> i think that what we are seeing is pretty good news. i used to watch this day in and day out. we have seen far feral or increases in the last few years than in the previous decade. >>
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the reason is largely related to avoidance of taxes. cenk: fantastic. so they avoid taxes. is this a way of avoiding regulation too? >> well, most definitely. they are able to avoid environmental regulations labor codes, their workers work under the labor requirements of the country of panama. they influence panama to pass whatever legislation is in their interest. people may be interested that the closest competitor to carnival is royal caribbean they're registered in liberia. they moved ships out during the civil war figuring the optics just didn't look right. cenk: it's not like your ships break down all the time, oh, right, they do. what difference does it make the american taxpayers pay for it. in the case of carnival, who has the more corrupt government, panama that lets them get away with no regulation or attaches or us when we let them get away with it plus pay for rescuing them over and over. >> i think the u.s. government is pretty -- they're afraid to stand up to the industry. the industry hasn't passed. at the time, congress has begun to consider legislation tha
the reason is largely related to avoidance of taxes. cenk: fantastic. so they avoid taxes. is this a way of avoiding regulation too? >> well, most definitely. they are able to avoid environmental regulations labor codes, their workers work under the labor requirements of the country of panama. they influence panama to pass whatever legislation is in their interest. people may be interested that the closest competitor to carnival is royal caribbean they're registered in liberia. they moved...
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have to answer to shareholders how they don't i don't know this but you know this immigration there's tax reform there's tons of things education reform i mean where do you start and where do you stop they can't get along i mean you've got harry reid and boehner boehner telling harry reid to f. i'm self didn't know that. well i did agree with them but it's more i don't know egos or you know to show who's right or wrong and they're not working for the people i think we should fire all these bombs throw them out and start over though the rift between parties has widened recently as regards mistrust of the federal government sentiment about congress is actually pretty uniform across party lines almost sixty percent of people declaring all different party affiliations so that they disapprove of congress and they place the blame squarely on members not the system it looks like the only bipartisan agreement coming out of the capitol these days is our collective disapproval in washington d.c. and kurdistan quist party we're talking about cyber security moments ago when general keith alexander is
have to answer to shareholders how they don't i don't know this but you know this immigration there's tax reform there's tons of things education reform i mean where do you start and where do you stop they can't get along i mean you've got harry reid and boehner boehner telling harry reid to f. i'm self didn't know that. well i did agree with them but it's more i don't know egos or you know to show who's right or wrong and they're not working for the people i think we should fire all these...
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we balance the budget without raising taxes. we're actually growing the economy. it appropriates a fasters a healthier stronger economy to create more jobs. michael: the reason a lot of republicans probably voled against this bill is it doesn't stand a prayer in the senate. it is not going to pass the senate. this is almost a symbolic vote. they voted on this ryan budget now a number of times amounted i had has not really passed ever. john boehner was happy because what they did also today was approve by 318-109 a federal spending bill to keep the government funded through september 30, which averts a march 27 shutdown of the government. here is the speaker of the house excited by the vote. >> it is a good day for the american people. every family in america must balance their budget. today, us republicans passed our bold plan to balance the budget over the next 10 years. this budget does more than just balance. it helps improve people's lives and addresses the things i think they most care about fixing the tax code lowering rates means more jobs and higher wages
we balance the budget without raising taxes. we're actually growing the economy. it appropriates a fasters a healthier stronger economy to create more jobs. michael: the reason a lot of republicans probably voled against this bill is it doesn't stand a prayer in the senate. it is not going to pass the senate. this is almost a symbolic vote. they voted on this ryan budget now a number of times amounted i had has not really passed ever. john boehner was happy because what they did also today was...
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it's the right thing to do. >> neil: we raised taxes. >> i didn't say raise taxes, i said close loopholes. republicans call closing loopholes raising taxes because it's the rich that have unfair practice. >> neil: have you filled out your brackets? yes or no. have you filled out your brackets? >> no, i haven't done that. i'm going to leave that to the president. he may be late on that too. >> neil: i'm sorry. thank you very much. >> thank you, neil. >> neil: do you remember this? an interview i said senator paul and senator cruz were whacko birds. that's inappropriate and i apologize to them for saying that. >> neil: after that, senator cruz accepted that apology. is senator rand paul about to do the same? and as nevada mourns the death of seven marines, did their senator blame the sequester? meet the military commander telling harry to say i'm sorry. [ male announcer ] it's relobster's lobsterfest our largest selection of lobster erees, like lobster lover's dream or new grilledobster and lobster tacos. come in now and sea food differently. visit redlobster.com now for an exclusive $10 co
it's the right thing to do. >> neil: we raised taxes. >> i didn't say raise taxes, i said close loopholes. republicans call closing loopholes raising taxes because it's the rich that have unfair practice. >> neil: have you filled out your brackets? yes or no. have you filled out your brackets? >> no, i haven't done that. i'm going to leave that to the president. he may be late on that too. >> neil: i'm sorry. thank you very much. >> thank you, neil. >>...
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tax code. but there are other things which cannot even be explained. why in the world would we put in our tax code a provision which says if an american business wants to move jobs overseas, we will give them a tax break to do it? i don't think so. that should be a decision, if they make it, with no encouragement from our tax code. rather, let's encourage businesses to stay in the united states. similarly, senator carl levin of michigan has really made a concerted effort to investigate and expose the offshore tax havens that cost us over $300 billion a year in taxes owed to the united states, people that park their money in far-away places with strange-sounding names end up escaping tax liability. why do we let that happen? the average family across america, the average business across america can't escape and doesn't even try to escape its liability. yet, we built into the tax codes these cayman island little fiascoes in bermuda and all the places they head to. we could put an end to that in a
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many areas are forced to raise taxes to accommodate to the sequester cuts. do you have any plans for these cuts. >> i wish i could say things are going to be okay. americans are socialized in thinking there is frank capra capra-istic ending and the mean 'ol banker will see the errors of his ways and the town will pitch in. the fact of the matter is the only serious outcome of these cuts is more mass suffering from low income people. organizations like mine couldn't possibly think of compensating for this. look, every charitable meal distributed in america equals 1/ 1/20 of the meals funded by the government. we have a domestic peace corp program. we just learned that our program is going to be shut down in new york city over the next few months because the sequestration. we're hoping that there will be future funding down the line but right now soup kitchens and food pantries that were expecting to help and young people who were hoping to serve in their community are out of luck. that's the reality of what is happening today. the truth is with the exception
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i think about taxes. how many feel we are taxed too little in the federal government? spend it took we much in the federal government? [applause] i remember when i first started running for congress a couple years ago. i started talking about taxes and revenue streams and the budget. i started talking about the fact that we were spending $3.40 trillion. what i would say to get people to take a nap in the middle of a speech was not necessarily a good thing, by the way. we want you to stay away. i would go through all the numbers in about 20 seconds. we spend about $700 billion on social security. $692 billion on defense. billions on non-defense discretionary spending. $519 billion coming out of medicare. $400 billion in mandatory spending. $300 billion just to service the debt. the 25 yearack to historical average, we find ourselves paying over $800 billion just to service our debt. $273i would close with billion sent to medicaid. whoh.ody would say, the federal government has a $22,000 income. we set a budget at $34,000. where does that make sense? nowhere in america w
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it is income tax? wealth tax? i think if take eps were turned and it was -- tables were turned it was all of a sudden about wealth tax they would have a problem. we have to go back to defining our terms, i think all of these things individually are hard to talk about, it has to be part of okay could if i'm going to give you two nickles, what two nickles are you going to give up. that is the only way we'll get there, a hard road t hoi, our problems is over spending. >> you know, congressman, isn't it time republicans and democrats hold hands jump off the cliff together, and deal with their sacred cow whether it is republicans with defense, likes of senator coburn and others or democrats and en titanium am as nancy pelosi and harry reid have not is there bit of a need for risk taking on both parties part and we're not seeing that. >> there has to be risk taking on spending side. too much of this conversation right now is about taxes, right now it is about what taxes we raise. well we just raised taxes 4 months ago i
it is income tax? wealth tax? i think if take eps were turned and it was -- tables were turned it was all of a sudden about wealth tax they would have a problem. we have to go back to defining our terms, i think all of these things individually are hard to talk about, it has to be part of okay could if i'm going to give you two nickles, what two nickles are you going to give up. that is the only way we'll get there, a hard road t hoi, our problems is over spending. >> you know,...
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in other words, a tax for just having money in the bank. protesters reportedly cheered after lawmakers voted against that proposal. the analysts say it puts any possible bailout in great question and could force that government into bankruptcy. the fox business network's gerri willis is here with the details on this. does that government just collapse without this money? >> well, that's a great question. i can't answer it. it's not clear yes. the banks are closed right now. we don't even know if the banks are going to collapse. we are waiting to see what's going to happen with that in fact, they are just supposed to reopen thursday. they may not reopen until tuesday because there intank holiday on monday. rest assured the eu is not backing down here. they say they are not going to help unless the depositors pony up money. >> what does this mean for the rest of europe and the united states. >> the brits, this is interesting. they sent a military plane over with a million euros to go to their troops over there that's about $1.3 million. becau
in other words, a tax for just having money in the bank. protesters reportedly cheered after lawmakers voted against that proposal. the analysts say it puts any possible bailout in great question and could force that government into bankruptcy. the fox business network's gerri willis is here with the details on this. does that government just collapse without this money? >> well, that's a great question. i can't answer it. it's not clear yes. the banks are closed right now. we don't even...
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what he did was cut taxes on working people, 90 percent of the public did not pay any taxes. the 2% the did. lou: to drop their rates from 15, under 1 percent as a percentage of the revenue income revenue. 1924, immigration act. people don't realize he did a lot to bring out what we refer to now has diversity. he was reaching out to immigrants from all quarters, minority groups of all kinds. >> he also signed in at the main gate of american citizens. they could vote. way ahead on civil rights, proposing federal anti lynching loss. he spoke out to irish groups, jewish groups while at the same time that that evidence should be made american which is something that is clearly missing from our immigration debate. lou: the idea of going from melting pot to a cultural selig we never quite bring everybody together. that's like to be a very big issue. let me get your thoughts. are we going to see comprehensive immigration reform? >> i think not. when people see the price tag, the need to understand that -- well, coolidge understood. i'm engaged to marry an immigrant. nothing against
what he did was cut taxes on working people, 90 percent of the public did not pay any taxes. the 2% the did. lou: to drop their rates from 15, under 1 percent as a percentage of the revenue income revenue. 1924, immigration act. people don't realize he did a lot to bring out what we refer to now has diversity. he was reaching out to immigrants from all quarters, minority groups of all kinds. >> he also signed in at the main gate of american citizens. they could vote. way ahead on civil...
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frankly much higher taxes from the american people. we certainly hope that the president will change his mind and submit a plan that actually balances the budget. >> the senate plans to vote on the dueling plans and a whole series of amendments tomorrow. democrats say they favor a balanceed approach and republicans say they back a budget. >> bret: mike emanuel live on the hill. dow lost 90. s&p 500 dropped 13. the nasdaq fell 32. cyprus is officially on the clock. european bankers have given cyprus four days to come up with a new plan to avoid bankruptcy. senior foreign affairs greg palkot tells us what the hurry is. >> anger outside of the cyprus parliament. bank employees are worried they will lose their job. the both would take measure to consolidate the troubled cypriot financial failure to protect the smaller deposito depositors, said to be part of plan "b" to contribute to multibillion dollar bail out by the country. >> there is only one tactic. to save our economy and our country. >> the original plan for cyprus to tap in privat
frankly much higher taxes from the american people. we certainly hope that the president will change his mind and submit a plan that actually balances the budget. >> the senate plans to vote on the dueling plans and a whole series of amendments tomorrow. democrats say they favor a balanceed approach and republicans say they back a budget. >> bret: mike emanuel live on the hill. dow lost 90. s&p 500 dropped 13. the nasdaq fell 32. cyprus is officially on the clock. european...
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tax dollars the story coming up. and from preventing cyber attacks against the u.s. to making government more transparent our team goes to capitol hill today to hear what lawmakers are doing to keep you to keep us safe and how to make government more open. and it was nearly ten years ago the iraq war started the u.s. invaded over claims the country was producing weapons of mass destruction but that wasn't the case along with the thousands of lives lost on both sides we'll look at the financial impact the war has had here in the u.s. . it's wednesday march thirteenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. . well again with the deadly drug war and mexico over the last several years the u.s. and mexico have worked together to take on deadly drug cartels the war just south of the border has claimed seventy thousand lives and new information shows that more than twenty thousand people disappeared during the last mexican ministration now a scathing report from when rights watch says that many of the disappearance as are actually being car
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he neither lived nor died for taxes. in fact he simply said one should discharge one's responsibility to the state by rendering unto sees czar that is which is sees czar, but the purpose and meaning is spelled out by the prophet isaiah. he was pierced for our iniquities. the punment and business his wounds we are healed. he died for the sins of the world, including the lies and the misappropriation of his life by those whose sole purpose is to make money at his expense. thanks so much for watching. chris matthews and "hardball" is next. >>> gunfight. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm crist matthews in washington. the shooting has begun at the ok corral. uchbt to stop the sale of assault weapons. go for it. joe biden says it's always a chance. the news from the battle is it's gown do background checks, which i hear could go either way. we might end up with the horror of newtown with nothing more than something about trafficking, secondhand purchases, but for all those who care about gun safety, let me repeat wh
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in washington, maybe, depending on global warming, h&r block commercials making you worry about your taxes, and making everyone fill out an ncaa bracket. these are the ties that bind. >>> the house tea party caucus >> you know what, we as a world are going through a dire state, we need to address it, maybe i
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officials the plan was intended to make wealthy foreigners who often use cyprus as a tax haven pay for the bailout but the plan would have forced all separate account holders not just the wealthy to pay for the bank's toure's mistakes not surprisingly citizens of all classes took to the streets demanding that their government reject the e.u. bailout their protests worked eventually forcing tuesday's unanimous no vote in the e.u. i.m.f. proposal but the small mediterranean islands banks are still in danger e.u. and cypriot officials are scrambling to come up with an alternative and i'll turn. scheme before banks reopen next tuesday march twenty sixth allen's finance ministry for one as suggested accepting the e.u. bailout on the condition that exempts smaller account holders from the lobby of the european finance ministers like francis pure mosco moscow these have also expressed support for such an exception and at the same time however the cypriot government is also exploring a bailout plan with russia which is not part of the e.u. any agreement with russia would likely include access
officials the plan was intended to make wealthy foreigners who often use cyprus as a tax haven pay for the bailout but the plan would have forced all separate account holders not just the wealthy to pay for the bank's toure's mistakes not surprisingly citizens of all classes took to the streets demanding that their government reject the e.u. bailout their protests worked eventually forcing tuesday's unanimous no vote in the e.u. i.m.f. proposal but the small mediterranean islands banks are...
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cut after tax income by almost 3 trillion dollars and reduce household income overall by well over 2 grand. and harry reid says the ryan budget is extreme? to weigh in, kirsten powers and co-host of "the five" dana perino. mike crapo, the senator from idaho asked the budget staff, what about the budget? we haven't seen the details, what do you make of it, what's the cuts and deficit reduction and i'm quoting now, it's zero in the first year in total said a member of that state to the senator. they're not trying, right? zero? >> well, i don't know why anybody's really shocked by this. after all we've heard from many leaders in the democratic party that they don't even think there is a spending problem. so, and the president has made pretty clear that cutting the deficit isn't his top priority. so, you know, i mean i actually don't share that point of view and i think there are democrats who don't share that point of view, but the fact of the matter is the people who are leaders of the democratic party today have been pretty clear they're in the sort of paul krugman camp of this is not
cut after tax income by almost 3 trillion dollars and reduce household income overall by well over 2 grand. and harry reid says the ryan budget is extreme? to weigh in, kirsten powers and co-host of "the five" dana perino. mike crapo, the senator from idaho asked the budget staff, what about the budget? we haven't seen the details, what do you make of it, what's the cuts and deficit reduction and i'm quoting now, it's zero in the first year in total said a member of that state to the...
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in washington, maybe, depending on global warming, h&r block commercials making you worry about your taxes, and making everyone fill out an ncaa bracket. these are the ties that bind. >>> he picked indiana. also not an entirely obvious choice. in previous years, republicans have responded to the president with outrage as if this is a major scandal when he does this. >> we are going to a dire state, and maybe i will not worry about the bracket. >> the president may look...
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tax pains. scott from the tax foundation is going to be joining me next as we kick off a week long series on what is sure to be painful. your tax appointment. we'll be right back. friday night, buddy. you are gonna need a wingman. and my cash back keeps the party going. but my airline miles take it worldwide. [ male announcer ] it shouldn't be this hard. with creditcards.com, it's easy to search hundreds of cards and apply online. creditcards.com. bottom of the hour, time for stocks now like every 15 minutes. nicole, you are watching jcpenney, stock is jumping, good news for a change for these guys. >> that's right. don't forget long term jcpenney has been under pressure the last 51 -- 52 weeks, we have -- up 9.5% at 1694 right now. a couple stories the the first is that isi is comments on jcpenney, and while they seem that they were moving forward some serious financial problems, isi had another option saying they should isolate the top 300 locations and convert them into an entity, and that is
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taxes every year. nearly 30 million middle income americans would lose their health insurance because of the repeal of the affordable care act and tens of millions of the would lose coverage because of ryan's plan to gut medicaid. we can do better. it would destroy the commitment we made to our nation's seniors, by turning medicare into a voucher program. it would shift the rising cost of health care onto those very american who was already suffered deep financial shocks in the recent fiscal crisis. many of them have lost their homes, lost their health insurance, lost their jobs, lost equity in their homes, lost their savings, and yet we want the ryan -- and yet the ryan budget would break another promise to them. in a profoundly cynical mood the ryan budget would revoke those provisions of the affordable care act that would expand access to care while keeping in place the revenue generated by the act. the ryan budget also guts investments in science. job tructure and all the growth as well as the futu
taxes every year. nearly 30 million middle income americans would lose their health insurance because of the repeal of the affordable care act and tens of millions of the would lose coverage because of ryan's plan to gut medicaid. we can do better. it would destroy the commitment we made to our nation's seniors, by turning medicare into a voucher program. it would shift the rising cost of health care onto those very american who was already suffered deep financial shocks in the recent fiscal...
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they don't want any kind of revenue, any kind of taxes. some are ok with tax reform. but if you're going go through the text couple of years as a lawmaker you're dealing with a president who is liberal. i think that is an open question for the movement and for the party. >> rusty, i will start with you. if you were advising the conservatives within the republican party, what would you tell them to do for what robert is saying here, in terms of getting on the right course to solve this problem but, two, recognize you have elections coming up in a year and half. you have to deal with the political reality as well. what would you advising people that are coming out with republican budgets to do? >> we have to cut the budget. but we have to have a message -- >> that is not simple and you know it. >> of course it is simple. there are so much waste and fraud -- of course it is simple. >> it is understand but not simple to do. >> it is more simple than anything they are not doing, they are not trying to. the problem is -- >> you have to face that fact. the people who are goi
they don't want any kind of revenue, any kind of taxes. some are ok with tax reform. but if you're going go through the text couple of years as a lawmaker you're dealing with a president who is liberal. i think that is an open question for the movement and for the party. >> rusty, i will start with you. if you were advising the conservatives within the republican party, what would you tell them to do for what robert is saying here, in terms of getting on the right course to solve this...
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they call for higher taxes to fund government programs. house speaker john boehner remained skeptical. >> the budget that senate democrats are considering never balances, ever. that means more debt, fewer jobs and, frankly, much higher taxes from the american people. >> sreenivasan: the negotiations over these competing party visions for governing will begin in earnest when president obama submits his spending blueprint on april 8. with their work done, house members leave town today for a two week recess. while senators will remain in a marathon session until a vote on their own plan to fund the government. judy woodruff takes it from there. >> woodruff: for what's happening behind-the-scenes, we turn to todd zwillich, washington correspondent for "the takeaway" on public radio international. welcome back to the newshour. >> good to be with you, judy. >> woodruff: first this vote to keep the government funded by the end of the fiscal year, both the house and senate passed this. does this mean democrats and republicans finally see eye to e
they call for higher taxes to fund government programs. house speaker john boehner remained skeptical. >> the budget that senate democrats are considering never balances, ever. that means more debt, fewer jobs and, frankly, much higher taxes from the american people. >> sreenivasan: the negotiations over these competing party visions for governing will begin in earnest when president obama submits his spending blueprint on april 8. with their work done, house members leave town...
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the richest industry in the world does not need our tax subsidies. there's still a lot of subsidies going for american corporations when they offshore jobs. >> but the republicans haven't identified any of them yet, have they? >> well, they're not willing to talk about it other than loose generalized, terms. you need to get down to the nitty-gritty. they don't do that. but there's many out there that the taxpayers are giving away to very wealthy corporations and individuals not necessarily toward the growing of the economy. there are things that can be done to rein in those loopholes and we need to do it. whether that gives us the money we need to lower the corporate tax rate as we've closed those loopholes, that's a discussion that needs to be taking place. >> tim, what do you think? >> well, we had a budget mark-up last night. we were in until about 11:30 in the evening marking up the paul ryan budget. there was an amendment that said we need to protect the mortgage tax deduction for middle class people. and every republican voted against that demo
the richest industry in the world does not need our tax subsidies. there's still a lot of subsidies going for american corporations when they offshore jobs. >> but the republicans haven't identified any of them yet, have they? >> well, they're not willing to talk about it other than loose generalized, terms. you need to get down to the nitty-gritty. they don't do that. but there's many out there that the taxpayers are giving away to very wealthy corporations and individuals not...
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believe me, they're not sitting there saying, geez, let's have more tax breaks for the wealthy and more loopholes to corporates. >> that's where your party stands. >> we have fought that battle and it's a mistake. we've got to get back to talking to middle income people about how they can reach the american dream. that's why we lost pennsylvania and ohio, wisconsin, michigan. we've got to get back to having people feel like we understand their lives. we're not about just tax breaks for the wealthy. >> do you think -- i like your values here, by the way. i'd like to see your party really compete. democratic party offers pell grants, opportunities for working class kids to go to college, social security for people over 65 so they can avoid being below the poverty line. what has your party put up in that bidding war? what do you offer for those regular people? >> not enough. i'll give you way of example. we like to say that we're the pro life party. we're really not. we're the pro birth party. >> it's in your platform. >> we fight for the unborn. >> john, it's right there in your platform.
believe me, they're not sitting there saying, geez, let's have more tax breaks for the wealthy and more loopholes to corporates. >> that's where your party stands. >> we have fought that battle and it's a mistake. we've got to get back to talking to middle income people about how they can reach the american dream. that's why we lost pennsylvania and ohio, wisconsin, michigan. we've got to get back to having people feel like we understand their lives. we're not about just tax breaks...
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we're t not about just tax breaks for the wealthy. >> do you think -- i like your values here, by the way. i'd like to see your party really compete. democratic party offers pell grants, opportunities for working class kids to go to college, social security for people over 65 so they can avoid being below the poverty line. what has your party put up in that bidding war? what do you offer for those regular people? >> not enough. i'll give you way of example. we like to say that we're the pro life party. we're really not. we're the pro birth party. >> it's in your platform. >> we fight for the unborn. >> john, it's right there in your platform. >> i'm saying pro life is more than just birth. it's after birth. so do we fight as hard for an african-american child in new york that goes -- >> joan, he's on your side. >> well, he's not. >> we can do that. >> go ahead. >> i respect your values, john, but i don't think you have anything to offer those young people either. the report says we're going to speak out about rising ceo pay and speak out about people losing their jobs. but speak out m
we're t not about just tax breaks for the wealthy. >> do you think -- i like your values here, by the way. i'd like to see your party really compete. democratic party offers pell grants, opportunities for working class kids to go to college, social security for people over 65 so they can avoid being below the poverty line. what has your party put up in that bidding war? what do you offer for those regular people? >> not enough. i'll give you way of example. we like to say that we're...
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now she's got his money, and he's got a problem. >> looking forward to your tax refund? so are identity thieves, and they can steal your identity without you knowing it in order to get your refund. it happens to thousands of people every year. you have to be proactive when it comes to identity theft, especially during tax season. >> announcer: every year, millions of americans learn all it may take to devastate your life is a little personal information in the wrong hands. your identity needs protection, and no one does it better than lifelock. >> identity thieves steal from everyone. you have to protect yourself. i protect myself with lifelock. >> announcer: lifelock offers the most comprehensive identity theft protection, period. and lifelock ultimate was named "best in detection". lifelock's 24/7 proactive protection alerts you as soon as they detect an attack within their network, before it's too late. lifelock protects your social security number, money, credit, even the equity in your home. while identity theft can't be completely stopped, no one protects you bette
now she's got his money, and he's got a problem. >> looking forward to your tax refund? so are identity thieves, and they can steal your identity without you knowing it in order to get your refund. it happens to thousands of people every year. you have to be proactive when it comes to identity theft, especially during tax season. >> announcer: every year, millions of americans learn all it may take to devastate your life is a little personal information in the wrong hands. your...
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the irs says it has $970 million in unclaimed tax refunds from that year owed to nearly 1 million people who failed to file their returns for 2009. the estimate here is that half of the returns are more than $500 and so it is worth looking into whether or not you are owed one. but you must file those 2009 returns by april 15, and that is obviously the deadline to be able to claim your refund. after that, the money is no longer yours, but the property of the u.s. treasury. the good news is here that the irs says there is not going to be any penalty if you file the late return that does qualify you for a refund. >> i will take that money. that is a lot of cash, mandy. take this, samsung has a new phone. >> yes, it has a new phone, the galaxy s4, and a larger and sharper screen and from the predecessor that is best selling 3 and it has upgraded processor and battery 20% larger than the s3 and going on sale globally in april. we don't know the exact price yet, but it could start at $200 with a two-year contract here in the states. as for the reviews, well, it has a feature that we will see i
the irs says it has $970 million in unclaimed tax refunds from that year owed to nearly 1 million people who failed to file their returns for 2009. the estimate here is that half of the returns are more than $500 and so it is worth looking into whether or not you are owed one. but you must file those 2009 returns by april 15, and that is obviously the deadline to be able to claim your refund. after that, the money is no longer yours, but the property of the u.s. treasury. the good news is here...
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we could end the sequester today by adopting cuts but in the tax codes, the tax breaks, the tax credits that are loaded up in the tax code that go mostly to the wealthiest americans. you are talking about getting rid of the tax benefits or loophole? >> that's exactly right. >> give me an example of this. is there enough money there? >> absolutely enough money to over $1.2 trillion over 10 years. we could get it, for example, from the corporate deferral on-shore profit did companies that make their profit did overseas, did he ever their payments, sometimes never pay them, and >> bill: that just encourages people to move their money or jobs offshore? >> it's an incentive. >> why should we be rewarding them for exporting jobs basically? >> what these corporate interests and wealthy americans do is hide spending in give them a check? we would is a no way. in the tax code, nobody is really examining that. >> bill: exact. >> special tax -- well, mortgage interest deductions for second homes. not just a first home. i will tell you, a big one is the fossil fuel subsidy. i am talking about oil a
we could end the sequester today by adopting cuts but in the tax codes, the tax breaks, the tax credits that are loaded up in the tax code that go mostly to the wealthiest americans. you are talking about getting rid of the tax benefits or loophole? >> that's exactly right. >> give me an example of this. is there enough money there? >> absolutely enough money to over $1.2 trillion over 10 years. we could get it, for example, from the corporate deferral on-shore profit did...
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being nuanced in whether he's talking about drones, tax reform -- he's always been very nuanced to make sure he has -- and people starting to realize a wider vision for his own political career and that's exactly why he didn't mention specifically pathway to citizenship. what's interesting, though, prior to that a.p. story i can share with you that the chatter was he was going to talk about pathway to citizenship. so i might -- you know, the big question is, did he back away from that after he heard the chatter and heard that individuals were not welcoming it in the extreme part of the party. let's be clear. short of a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumenteds, the republican party is still going to have a latino vote problem. what's going to happen, unless we provide a pathway to citizenship eventually, what's going to happen is every day american latinos are going to always have a question mark when they interact with every day americans when people are going to ask them, are you here as an american citizen or a legal resident? >> well, this is becoming an issue being taken
being nuanced in whether he's talking about drones, tax reform -- he's always been very nuanced to make sure he has -- and people starting to realize a wider vision for his own political career and that's exactly why he didn't mention specifically pathway to citizenship. what's interesting, though, prior to that a.p. story i can share with you that the chatter was he was going to talk about pathway to citizenship. so i might -- you know, the big question is, did he back away from that after he...
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as part of that, you have to have tax reform and significant tax reform. and actually, simpson/bowles, a commission i served on, laid out a way to do it, got the tax rates down on the personal side to 9, 15 and 23% and the corporate to 26%. and you need to bring the corporate rate down to 24, 25, 26% and need to go to a territorial system. but you can't do that independent of the individual system, because if you have a huge gap between the top individual rate, say today it's at 42.5%, and if you took the corporate 25%, everybody started -- >> because then you have small business. small business got screwed at the expense of big businesses in the last tax bill. so you're right. so i -- look, i say, you're going to have big problems if you try to have a big personal and corporate together. i don't think it's possible. i don't know why you just can't do this. reform the corporate tax code. you can put limits on the deductions or -- i don't care. the president wants to do it. the republicans want to do it. just do it. but one exception. let small businessmen
as part of that, you have to have tax reform and significant tax reform. and actually, simpson/bowles, a commission i served on, laid out a way to do it, got the tax rates down on the personal side to 9, 15 and 23% and the corporate to 26%. and you need to bring the corporate rate down to 24, 25, 26% and need to go to a territorial system. but you can't do that independent of the individual system, because if you have a huge gap between the top individual rate, say today it's at 42.5%, and if...
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what could stop congress from passing a tax? >> the u.s. learned its lesson 80 years ago in the middle of the depression when there were runs on banks back then. that is when they created the fdic. it is a constant reminder that it is a huge problem to have losses for small depositors and it will not happen in this country. the fdic is strong. the full faith and credit of the united states stands behind that. charles: if we had a real crisis to the magnitude of what cyprus is seeing and there is just not enough money in the agency to back this, it is just hard to argue that there would not be desperate measures. is it not possible for the federal government tuesday this is an emergency and reach into people's savings account. >> let's back up, charles, and look at what happened in the last crisis. 465 date failures. very little people notice that. even if you are in a bank that failed. money. that fund is back up at $25 billion. the industry paying 12.5 billion. the fdic has a line of credit. if there is a worse problem we would do one of t
what could stop congress from passing a tax? >> the u.s. learned its lesson 80 years ago in the middle of the depression when there were runs on banks back then. that is when they created the fdic. it is a constant reminder that it is a huge problem to have losses for small depositors and it will not happen in this country. the fdic is strong. the full faith and credit of the united states stands behind that. charles: if we had a real crisis to the magnitude of what cyprus is seeing and...
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they got the new obamacare tax and then they got the fiscal cliff tax and three months later the democratic budget and senate and haven't produced in four years and now they want another trillion dollars to take out of the economy. and it's-- how do the republicans deal with this? i mean, i had john boehner on my radio show and paul ryan on the show last night. what are your thoughts? what are they doing right and wrong? >> doing something, proposing budgets all well and good. they had a continuing resolution last week, that they could have used to try and cut some of obamacare administrative expenses, put some language in it in order to curtail obamacare. obamacare is the big killer in this society and not just of health care, but of liberty and the constitution, and what do they do? they vote for it. not only do they vote for it, they don't allow conservatives in the house to put an amendment on it. obama's not taking boehner seriously, he's kicking him around like a soccer ball. that's the problem, the republicans have got to show they mean something, if they don't, this is going to cont
they got the new obamacare tax and then they got the fiscal cliff tax and three months later the democratic budget and senate and haven't produced in four years and now they want another trillion dollars to take out of the economy. and it's-- how do the republicans deal with this? i mean, i had john boehner on my radio show and paul ryan on the show last night. what are your thoughts? what are they doing right and wrong? >> doing something, proposing budgets all well and good. they had a...
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tax. the big problem may be that their prices are so high that they're illegally in washington because it's cheaper. >> michael: you think about pot you would think that they would bring in someone who is for it. but you're opposed to the legislation. you wrote when they would flock to california to stock up. there is no way on earth the federal government would tolerate that and instead we'll see massive federal busts of legal growers and retailers no matter how legal their activity was under state law. no friend of marijuana legalization, is that part of the idea, to bring in people of different beliefs about marijuana? >> well, nobody asked anybody on our team what our beliefs were about marijuana. in the book, which is written by four members of the team. i'm the fourth author on it. the last chapters are what would you do. there are four different essays and there are four different conclusions. the california initiative had local taxation option. california marijuana was going to be
tax. the big problem may be that their prices are so high that they're illegally in washington because it's cheaper. >> michael: you think about pot you would think that they would bring in someone who is for it. but you're opposed to the legislation. you wrote when they would flock to california to stock up. there is no way on earth the federal government would tolerate that and instead we'll see massive federal busts of legal growers and retailers no matter how legal their activity was...
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raise taxes. next year they want to raise the taxes by 40 billion dollars, again, the republican budget doesn't raise taxes and then on the deficit this year, the democrat deficit would be 164 billion dollars bigger than the republican deficit. and next year, 308 billion dollars, just to give you a sense of it, by 2015 the republican deficit would be down to 125 billion and the democrat deficit 433 billion. there's a big indication of the difference between the parties when you look at the budgets of the budget blueprints of the republicans in the house and the democrats in senate and republicans want to restrain spending and democrats want to continue to blow up the budget and eventually, over the decade add 1 trillion dollars of new taxes. >> sean: yeah, so 1 trillionew a trillion dollars, this is like they know no other way, all right? that's point one, but yet, they still will give us almost trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see throughout the entire ten-year period. here is the b
raise taxes. next year they want to raise the taxes by 40 billion dollars, again, the republican budget doesn't raise taxes and then on the deficit this year, the democrat deficit would be 164 billion dollars bigger than the republican deficit. and next year, 308 billion dollars, just to give you a sense of it, by 2015 the republican deficit would be down to 125 billion and the democrat deficit 433 billion. there's a big indication of the difference between the parties when you look at the...
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. >>> the one thing we've seen is $1 trillion in higher taxes, taxing more, borrowing more and spending more is not a path to prosperity. >> that was congressman paul ryan on the hill. pleased that democrats are bringing bunts budgets to the table. maryland congressman chris van holland is the ranking member on the house budget committee. he joins me now, congressman van holland. good afternoon to you. >> good afternoon to you, luke. >> i want to get your take on house republicans are panning the democratic budgets that will be voted on tomorrow. your budget, the black caucus budget, the progressive budget, various ones have no chance of becoming law. is there any worry that the idea that republicans are putting forward that our budget balances, our budget balances, a very good sound bite that can work in mid-term elections. whereas you guys' isn't balanced until about 2040. is there any worry that the message could take hold and cause problems for you in the 2014 mid-terms? >> no, luke, for this reason -- the republican budget, the ryan budget balances on the backs of middle income tax
. >>> the one thing we've seen is $1 trillion in higher taxes, taxing more, borrowing more and spending more is not a path to prosperity. >> that was congressman paul ryan on the hill. pleased that democrats are bringing bunts budgets to the table. maryland congressman chris van holland is the ranking member on the house budget committee. he joins me now, congressman van holland. good afternoon to you. >> good afternoon to you, luke. >> i want to get your take on...
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let's replace this anti-tax code, this loophole tax code with a progrowth tax system that helps families and businesses. replace it with a better progrowth s. lower tax rates, fewer loopholes and we can still balance the budget in doing. so we are not going to refight the past which law is law. that's not going to change. that's why we are saying not only can we do it faster. we want to do it with a better progrowth tax code. >> you have said we're not going to fight past yet a key tent of your budget is the affordable care act. we hear generals sometimes fight the last war. why go through that again? did you feel you had to include repeal of the affordable care act or it wouldn't pass the house of representatives? >> it was never a doubt in our mind. the fiscal cliff occurred but we don't like the tax code it produced. so we're proposing a new tax code that is a progrowth tax code. we don't like the affordable act. we believe this law is going to collapse under its own weight. please know that when americans see what this law entails which they have not seen all of the details. those of
let's replace this anti-tax code, this loophole tax code with a progrowth tax system that helps families and businesses. replace it with a better progrowth s. lower tax rates, fewer loopholes and we can still balance the budget in doing. so we are not going to refight the past which law is law. that's not going to change. that's why we are saying not only can we do it faster. we want to do it with a better progrowth tax code. >> you have said we're not going to fight past yet a key tent...
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